i r tf t > WW MOULTON We offer you our services backed hy a continuous and successful ex- perience o fa quaitcr of a century uin the cotton lactorago business Will send stencil and quotations on application free of charge Wm D Cleveland Co COTTON FACTORS Houston Texas MOULTON Chailio Kaiser and family carno down from Yoakum Sunday Charlie returned to Yoakum but left his family heie to visit Keep your e3e on the Green Front price card It will save you money You will eeo new prices with new goods every week Tax Collector Anton Beikofsky spent Satmday in MouLon end Sundav in Shiner Save money by buy ng goods at the Gieen Front Store your Cash The gYeat Masquerade Parade at Moulton yesveiday was a pro nottnced success There wore some 50 or GO masks in lino Just Received a nice line of Spring Dress Goods at the Geen Front Cash Store Come pi ice our There were about 100 nviEked at Hermans Hall Savuiday night Tho crowd was immense Dr OUonther got 1st prize Henri Miller 2nd Miss Fehler 3...

J If If m if My JKsar WW 4 fry f w > ° v > ivrsnvrm rwtHWM ALL OVER THE COAST NEWSY ITFMS FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE STATE General Humniary of Crop 1rwiHlcrcl Immlsriilloii mid Improvement Noted of Our Sitter Cltlcii llckupl Tliut Are at General Interest Tito continued dry wenthcr Is having au uufortunato effect on cattle sales lu the Beevlllo section There were a number or prospectors In Ganndo Inst week from ltoclcvrnll Ellis nntl KauCmau counties A carload of flaxseed lias been hblp ped from Leon Kan to Victoria which will bo planted tills fall Grass Is beginning to grow ill Cham- bers county and cattle are doing well in fact but few If any died during the winter from poverty or cold wenthcr Some lew are planting corn at Onn ado Jacljson county Many gardens are up Icnch trees are In full bloom At Clnrksou Milam county a heavy rain fell Saturday Henty of block water was caught to last through the summer At Gnnado the weather Is line and Irish potatoes nro being planted Str...

< i m 3d SOLD James Moore Springs a- New Game on Shiner A mini Bixid to bo James Moore whoe homo nas formerly neni Sohuten burg landed in town Ium Wednesday and in nbout two limn had uillnigh bought the town and yet ho didnt have a nickel Hi enturud Stuerkes saloon utiil called for 11 gallon of the best whiskey in the lioubo Otlo drew him the liquor and politely n kcd him to sample it according to custom Mr Mooro drank a glass lull of it and Bmacked his lips He said just bet the jug over there and I will call in about an hour and get it and pay for it Needless to Bay ho forgot to return Ho then visi e i each of tho other saloons and i peated tho performance Of course ho got a samplo drink at cacli place At somo places he would pietend to not bo satisfied with tho sample and it would ro quire threD or lour drinks to de- cide which was the best whiskey He would thou direct the jug to bo 6et aside At Joo Madias saloon ho varied the performance by buy- ing a secondhand wagon He is a ...

a THE GAZETTE rubllshcd Kvery Thursday by C W WARD Editor and Tab SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year postpaid flOO Entered at the Shiner Texas Pottofflic u secondclass matter FRENCHMAN SAW ONE IllKEeit TRAIT Thlnrs In America Are tho Smallest OnoH lie Says From Invention A French engineer who lias been on a tour of Inspection In the state was not impressed by the big things of the country I Bhall report tb my government says he that the biggest things In America are the little things The French people are experts In domestic economy and live comfort- ably by saving what average families in the states throw away But Amer- icans are on the other hand experts In industrial economy They make money by saving wastage in the business and lose some of It by wastage in domestic economy The attention paid to small details In big works Is amazing to me I havo visited some establishments where I believe that the profits are made not in the manufacture proper but in the saving of materials and labor by...

J fc LIP Spains New War Ships Fusliing Work on Three Armored Cruisers of a 3 Type Superior to the Vizcaya The Spanish government la doing all within Its power to augment the strength ot her navy and with that end In view ordors have been given to push lorward the three new armored crui- sers the Cardinal Clsneros Prlncesa de Austurlas and Cataluna which this country Is building and which are de- scribed In the following articles taken from that excellent weekly naval Il- lustrated paper El Mundo Naval writ- ten by Lieutenant ot the Navy Mario Rublo Munez The navy is anxiously awaiting the happy completion of the three armored cruisers which are being built In the arsenals of Ferrol Carraca and Carta gena The general description given In brief In a previous number when we described to our readers the cruis- ers Infanta Maria Teresa Vizcaya and Oquendo are repeated in reference to their sister ships In all that relates to the generic type but there will be a large number of new detail...

V J GENERAL HERCHANDISE ANNOUNCEMENTS u jOF KATES Congressional 1500 Representative < 1000 District offices 1000 County ollicos 500 Precinct offices 250 For Tax Collector t E P RUIIMANN ANTON BERKOFSKY Subject to action of the Demo- cratic party For Tax Assessor F J PESEK For Sheriff JOHN F HOUCHINS For District Clerk HUGH LAY Subject to the action of the Dem- ocratic party The Dvorak restaurant is being repainted mid thoroughly repaired Show windows have been put in in the front Ben and Will Ehlers DicklST linghausen A Hohhcrtz and Wm Paler leavo tomorrow on a trip to Tuxpan Mexico They will be joined hero by Dr Hicks of Moul ton Bean Pea and Turnip Fecdin bulk sold by the pound nt O H FlatoV Two yokd of Bteert belonging to Captain Waitcand attached to a cotton Meil wagon ran away Mon- day through the ctreels Tho shod at the Lone Star Beer house was knocked down after which tbo frightened doors nearly ran over Tim HoUiugsnortiis tlray and lioarly killed a horso belonging to ijlr...

Ks K MOULTON MOULTON There was a surprise party at the residence of IL f Wuneburger Thusday night Keep your eye on tho Green Front prico card It will save you money You will s > co new prices with new goods every week Sam Gottlieb Henry Krausos popular salesman inadti a business Xtip to Yoakum this week Save money by buying your goods at the Green Front Cash Store Rudolph Vivial has pmchased laud north of town on the railroad and will plant a fine fruit orchard there Just Received a nice lino of Spring DitJs Goods at tho Greep Front Cash Stoic Como price our goods M IviUilmo this week pur- chased 0 lots of V J Moorr They arc located just north of KuUebne hall Dr Hioks contemplates joining the Shiner party bound to Tuxpan SJexico tomorrow The party t bo gone several weeks The Green Front in determined to have your each and will make you prices to pint the times Wo 1 nnw money is hard to get but wo will have it if low juices and fresh clean goods will bo any induce uienttii R ALBRE...

A FRIENDS ADVICE And what it led to Tt t not ft common occurence that a friendly word hould be the mtim of gir lug nearly iorty yearn of happiness and health to Che person heeding the advice it carried This was the case with Mary tlngard At twenty five she was dragging out her days In misery At sixty one she finds herself so active and strong alie can do work that would shame many a younger woman and looks back on thirtysix happy healthful years of ludustry But let her tell her ston Thirty ilx years ago I had great trouble with my liver The doctors allowed that there were tumors growing on It and they blistered my side in nn effort to give me relief I was at that lime earning my llrlng as a talloress but for five years between the pain In my side and the blister I was lu constant misery and work was a drag to me with no prospect of relief fortunately for me however a friend advised me to take Dr Aycr a Sar eaparllla and finally persuaded me to take a regular course of it When I firs...

to HAVE BLOWN US UP SEAMEN SAY SIGSDEE ACCUSED SPANIARDS OF IT Maine Will Illown Up Irom Without Many lCeport to rnny Different Pftper From Special Corrcnpomlents Are all to tho Sumo Effect Now York February 20 The Jour- nals representative at Key West lias interviewed the Maines sailors now la- the hospital at tlliat place and who wore on the battleship nt the time ot the explosion latrlck Foley seaman on watch at the time tells a graphic Rtory of the happenings of that night When I heard tho explosion said he I ran alt I met the captain com- ing out of the copanlon way As I passed Mm ho was talUug quickly hut was not excited lie was speak- ing to some ouo I did not bee and I heard him pay The Spanish have blown us up at last I did not hear tho answer at the man ho was talking to but I heard same one swearing In the dark and cursing the cowardly Span lards Hoary Williams captains cook tolls practically tho same story Divers Fnniid Proof New York February 20 The Mall and Express yes...

rt FEMALE OEFICEES OIRLS AS UNITED STATES DEPUTY MARSHALS Milts llurcho nml Blind 1ossett Now Per- forming 1 leUl Duties llueky Young Women Hound Up Unruly Indian Witnesses Guthrie Letter qftJ T IS not Infre I lM I lyt IW1 uLi quent these days for an officer ot tne nw t0 name l a woman as a dep utJ But sho 3 uearly always what Is known as an of- fice deputy She performs mere cler- ical duties and nev- er takes to the field But Oklahoma has set the pace United States Marshal C H Thompson lias appointed two women as deputies for field work That a woman should choose the vo- cation of professional thief taker In the most civilized portion of the land would be strange enough It Is Infin- itely more so when sho chooses field duty In the worst territory In the union Criminals hero and In Indian territory the district where these two girls for they are maidens must operate aro of the most desperato and dangerous class More 11 ea aro lost among federal officers In a year here than In all th...

a W WM fM can be driven in or driven out Dr Aycr8 Sarsaparilla r drives disease out of the blood Many medicines suppress disease cover it but dont cure it Dr Ayers Sarsaparilla cure3 all diseases originating in impure blood by purifying tho blood itself Foul blood makes a foul body Make the blood pure and the body will be sound Through the blood Dr Ayers Sarsaparilla cures eczema tetter boils eruptions humors rheumatism and all scrofulous diseases Dr Ayers Sarsaparilla was recommended to me by my physician as a blood purifier When 1 began taking It 1 had risings or bolls all over my body but one bottle cured me I consider Dr Ayers Sarsaparilla the beBt blood medicine made Conner Ckaft Wesson Miss I AM CONSTIPATED We hear It so often and there aro lots of cathartics of all kinds liquid end pill form many of them good US far as they go But there Is only one with every quality of a perfect laxative CATHARTIC Made In tablet form go nice to cat perfume the breath never gripe perform thei...

h hi p w ny Your GENERAL flERCHANDISE ftmarn j < anm MiawB < TH6 GKZ6TTE Published every Wednesday by C W WARD sUBscnirTioN bates One Year postpaid W00 Entered at the Shiner Texas iost ollleo us seeondclass matter SHINES TEX WED MAKOH 91898 ANNOUNCEMENTS RATES Congressional 1500 Representative 1000 District offices 1000 County offices 500 Prnpinot offices v > iy yM Sv 250 For Tax i Collector E F RUHMANN ANTON BERKOFSKY Subject to action of tlio Demo- cratic party For Tax Assessor F T PESEK For Sheriff JOHN F HOUCHINS For District Clerk HUGH LAY Subject to the action of the Denv ocratic party Wright Cnney tlie well known negro politician died at San An- tonio last week Senator R Q Mills has with- drawn from the race for senator and will support Culberson This insures the latters election It is said that Governor Culber non has within the last sixty days subscribed for every democratic paper in the State of Texas We wonder if Charlie would havo dono tliis if lie had known tha...

THE GAZETTE Published Every Thursday by C W WARD Editor and Pub 6UBSCHIFTI0N HATES One Year postpaid poo Entered at the Shiner Toxaa Poitofflca u secondclass matter OEMS OF THOUQHT Mans science may bo quite Irre- concilable with mans theology but Cods Word and Gods work can never contradict each other The human race Is divided Into two classes thoso who go ahead and do something and those who sit and In- quire Why wasnt It done the other way7 0 W Holmes It would rob death of hulf Its Btlng to bo assured that dally your face would live before the vision of faithful hearts and your memory with redeem- ing faults as well as some few excel- lences be kept green by unchanging affection Ian Maclaren It often happens that our good points are only loved and praised bo cause their lustre Is tempered by our defects It Is Indeed no rare thing to be loved rather for our fallings than for our good qualities Joubert Buy up the moments as they go Cheerful temper joined with Inno- cence will make b...

IS f 5 < > 1 f LONG INCONS STENT HIS STATEMENT AND HIS ACTS DO NOT AT ALL AQREE Burn Tliat Ho Has No InformationYet Clears Spain of Any llosponslbllltjr In the Maine Quo 1 Orilorltie War Mutrrltil OtlicrNotTsKotca Now York March 4 Tlio Worlil has tlio following special from Washington The rcnmrUabio statement by Secre- tary Long that tho element ot Spanish official participation lu tho disaster of the Maine may now be regarded us practically eliminated may cause that ofllelal a groat deal of embarrassment Ho will probably bo called upon by a committee of the house to answer a running lire of questions as to his reasons for the assertion Representative Leouldns F Living- ston of Georgia a member ot tho bouse committee on appropriations said yesterday that he would make a tcquest to have Secretary Long before the committee to explain wherein lies the consistency of his statement In > 1ew of the fnct that the seeietary lias made contracts for over a million dollars worth of pr...

A BLAZE The Old Grant Livery SLible Burned At 4 oclock Friday morning Jr Mnchti dUco voted lire buistinj fiom the roof of tho building knowi us tho old Giant Livery Stiblo and used by Vrazel Felueiikanip n i tublu Macha and Night Watch inin Ralph Cames gave the alarm by firing their pistol and a givat irowd was noon on llic scene The building burned with incredible fierceness and tho flames iojo to a treat height It was stored with hay and other feed Btuff Four horses and ono cow weie burned to indors Their struggles and cries weie pitiful Joe Madias house as only about 20 steps from the tables and was saved with diffi- culty It was badly charred Two of tho horses wore tho prop- erty of Frank Vrazel and the other horses and tho cow belonged to Ben Fehienkamp Ono of the horses was valued at 125 The file was of inrendiary origin The stablo door had been looked tho night before but was found bioken open when the fire broke out Tho lmiding was an old land mark hero It was erected about ...